Nashua hiker rescued after fall at Mount Carrigan

[Greg]

LIVERMORE — Yesterday, Nashua resident Manjunath Hassan conquered the last of the White Mountains’ 4,000-footers — or did it conquer him?

Hassan, who had previously hiked 47 of the 48 tallest mountains in New Hampshire, had summited Mount Carrigan and was headed back down when he slipped and broke his right ankle at around 2:30 p.m., said New Hampshire Fish and Game Warden Brian Abrams.

“This was his last one to check off,” Abrams said.

“He just slipped . . kind of a bummer on his last mountain when he was feeling so good about completing it.”

Hassan, 50, and his hiking companion used a cell phone to call Fish and Game officials, who worked with 25 students from the SOLO Wilderness Medical School in Conway and the Bartlett-Jackson Ambulance Squad to get Hassan down the remaining three miles of the Signal Trail.

Abrams said they were out of the woods by 8:10 p.m. and Hassan was taken to Memorial Hospital in North Conway.

Despite his fall, Hassan can still check this last 4,000-footer of his list, Abrams said.

“He summited so I think we’re going to give it to him,” he said.

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[Mohamed Ellozy]

Not for Fish and Game to decide!

> Despite his fall, Hassan can still check this last 4,000-footer of his list, Abrams said.

It is certainly not the Fish and Game folks who decide who qualifies for membership of the Four Thousand Footer Club! The rules say:

To qualify for membership a hiker must climb on foot to and from each summit on the list ...

My take, for what it's worth, is that he has to go back and do Carrigain again. For the record, I am not a member of the Four Thousand Footer Committee, just a hiker who cares about peakbagging and reads the rules!

 

[Mike P.]

Does it count

Was he carried out? I see he was assisted by 25 students but it does not say how. Was he littered or did they take turns helping him limp down?

If it had happened to me, I'd go back just to say I did it & did not fall this time.

 

[pedxing]

I agree with Mohamed and Mike. It definitely does not count by the official rules, and I would definitely want to do it again if it were me. Nonetheless, I would imagine that the committee might be kind hearted enough to wave the requirements for return trip.

I am hoping Hassan recovers quickly will soon have the opportunity to render these speculations moot.